Recent progress in CZTS (CuZnSn sulfide) thin-film solar cells: a review

R Paul, S Shukla, TR Lenka, FA Talukdar… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Springer
In the renewable energy sector, solar energy has emerged as a very abundant resource,
which has its implementation from very large-scale industries to household uses. The market …

Solar energy harvesting with ultra-broadband metamaterial absorber

M Bagmanci, M Karaaslan, E Unal, O Akgol… - … journal of modern …, 2019 - World Scientific
In this study, a novel metamaterial absorber (MA) is designed and numerically demonstrated
for solar energy harvesting. The structure is composed of three layers with different …

Simulation of CZTSSe thin-film solar cells in COMSOL: Three-dimensional optical, electrical, and thermal models

S Zandi, P Saxena, M Razaghi… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Cu 2 ZnSnS x Se 4-x (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells have attracted the attention of
researchers due to its earth-abundant composition containing Copper, Zinc, Tin and Sulfur …

Lead-free and electron transport layer-free perovskite yarns: Designed for knitted solar fabrics

A Balilonda, Q Li, X Bian, R Jose… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highly flexible and Lead-free perovskite solar yarns, based on methylammonium tin mixed
halide-Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) composite nanofibers doped with [6, 6]-Phenyl C 61 …

Novel design of plasmonic and dielectric antireflection coatings to enhance the efficiency of perovskite solar cells

OAM Abdelraouf, A Shaker, NK Allam - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, nanostructured plasmonic antireflection coatings emerge as a solution to minimize
reflection in solar cells over a wideband. However, metals have large light absorption …

Next-Generation Multi-layer Metasurface Design: Hybrid Deep Learning Models for Beyond-RGB Reconfigurable Structural Colors

OAM Abdelraouf, A Mousa, M Ragab - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.07121, 2024 - arxiv.org
Metasurfaces are key to the development of flat optics and nanophotonic devices, offering
significant advantages in creating structural colors and high-quality factor cavities. Multi …

Design and analysis of high efficiency perovskite solar cells with light trapping nano-textured substrates

H Abedini-Ahangarkola, S Soleimani-Amiri - International Journal of …, 2021 - ije.ir
Recently, the utilization of hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells under advanced
light management designs have attracted intensive attention. In this study, a three …

Plasmonic Solar Cells: Mechanism and Fabrication Techniques

S Tiwari, JP Singh, Y Sharma - 2024 5th International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, Solar Cells (SCs) have evolved as a prominent renewable energy source
and they utilize sunlight for generating electricity. It also makes a contribution to a more …

Front dielectric and back plasmonic wire grating for efficient light trapping in perovskite solar cells

OAM Abdelraouf, A Shaker, NK Allam - Optical materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Thin film perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on (CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3) have been emerged as
good alternatives to conventional silicon solar cells due to their low cost, low fabrication …

Investigation of broad-band optical absorption and electrical properties in vacuum annealed CZTS/Ag multi-layered stack structure for plasmonic solar cell application

N Behera - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
As there is only a few research work carried out in thin film plasmonic Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS)
based solar cells, it is exceedingly inspiring to advance the optical and electrical properties …